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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of Seventh Street looking west from Olive Street, Los Angeles, May 22, 1931
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View of Seventh Street looking west from Olive Street, Los Angeles, May 22, 1931
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Description
Photograph of a view of Seventh Street looking west from Olive Street, Los Angeles, May 22, 1931. Automobiles and pedestrians make their way down the streets and along the sidewalks, respectively, with tall high-rise tenement-style buildings flanking them on either side. The Brockman Building is pictured to the left with a sign advertising "J.J. Haggerty 'The New York'". The Bank of America is also pictured in the right foreground. Other legible signs include: "The Brack Shops", "Coca-Cola", "Collins", "La Vida Mineral Water", "Parking", "Furniture", "Hillman Apts.", and "Furniture". An American flag hangs limp from the roof of the foremost left building.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of Seventh Street looking west from Olive Street, Los Angeles, May 22, 1931
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
buildings
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- 7th Street (2 of 2)
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Olive Street & 7th Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1931-05-22
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1931-05-22
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m815
Identifier
7525 (
accession number
), CHS-7525 (
call number
), CHS-7525 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-8245 (
legacy record id
), chs-m815 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-816 (
legacy record id
), 1-7-19 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
8245
Unique identifier
UC125356
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7525.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.3 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
33.8 cm × 42.0 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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